Top 10 Songs by Popular Rock Artists

[pauldrach]

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Criteria: These songs are ranked based on their intitial and lasting popularity, as well as influence & impact on rock 'n' roll. The lists include songs from every rock related sub-genre including Metal, Rap, Prog, Indie, Alternative, Electronic, and more.

Edited By: Lew, Bruce, Brett, Jeff B, Ryan, DDD Forum

[pauldrach]

The last ten lists I posted on the old forum (as of yet unposted on the site):

Roy Milton (& His Solid Senders)
1. R.M. Blues
2. Hop, Skip and Jump
3. Best Wishes
4. Information Blues
5. Everything I Do Is Wrong
6. Thrill Me
7. True Blues
8. So Tired
9. Night and Day (I Miss You So)
10. Milton's Boogie

Captain Beefheart
1. Electricity
2. Moonlight on Vermont
3. Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do
4. Big Eyed Beans from Venus
5. Mirror Man
6. Diddy Wah Diddy
7. Zig Zag Wanderer
8. Tropical Hot Dog Night
9. Ice Cream for Crow
10. Frownland

New York Dolls
1. Personality Crisis
2. Looking for a Kiss
3. Trash
4. Jet Boy
5. Babylon
6. Chatterbox
7. Stranded in the Jungle
8. Pills
9. Lonely Planet Boy
10. Who Are the Mystery Girls?

Teddy Pendergrass
1. Close the Door
2. Love T.K.O.
3. Turn Off the Lights
4. When Somebody Loves You Back
5. The Whole Town's Laughing at Me
6. I Don't Love You Anymore
7. Come Go with Me
8. You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
9. Only You
10. Hold Me [with Whitney Houston]

Busta Rhymes
1. Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check
2. I Know What You Want
3. What's It Gonna Be?!
4. Turn It Up / Fire It Up
5. Dangerous
6. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
7. Gimme Some More
8. Break Ya Neck
9. Touch It
10. Pass the Courvoisier, Part II

Ludacris
1. Stand Up
2. What's Your Fantasy
3. Rollout (My Business)
4. Southern Hospitality
5. Move Bitch
6. How Low
7. Money Maker
8. Runaway Love
9. Splash Waterfalls
10. My Chick Bad

Justin Bieber
1. Sorry
2. What Do You Mean?
3. Baby
4. Love Yourself
5. Boyfriend
6. Peaches
7. As Long as You Love Me
8. Never Say Never
9. Beauty and a Beat
10. One Time

Morrissey
1. Everyday Is Like Sunday
2. Suedehead
3. First of the Gang to Die
4. Irish Blood, English Heart
5. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
6. The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get
7. You Have Killed Me
8. Interesting Drug
9. November Spawned a Monster
10. Interlude [with Siouxsie Sioux]

Nicki Minaj
1. Super Bass
2. Starships
3. Anaconda
4. Super Freaky Girl
5. Pound the Alarm
6. Only
7. Chun-Li
8. Moment 4 Life
9. Beez in the Trap
10. Your Love

Christina Aguilera
1. Genie in a Bottle
2. Beautiful
3. Ain't No Other Man
4. What a Girl Wants
5. Dirrty
6. Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)
7. Fighter
8. Hurt
9. Keeps Gettin' Better
10. Candyman

[Fido]

These are the lists that were at least agreed at some level. If everybody is okay we can approve them and send them to Lew.

Nicki Minaj

1. Super Bass
2. Starships
3. Anaconda
4. Super Freaky Girl
5. Pound the Alarm
6. Only
7. Chun-Li
8. Moment 4 Life
9. Beez in the Trap
10. Your Love

Billy Preston

1. Nothing from Nothing
2. Will It Go Round in Circles
3. Outa Space
4. Space Race
5. With You I’m Born Again (with Syreeta Wright)
6. Struttin’
7. Slaughter
8. I Wrote a Simple Song
9. You’re So Unique
10. That’s the Way God Planned It

Ghost

1. Square Hammer
2. Cirice
3. Dance Macabre
4. Year Zero
5. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen
6. Ritual
7. From the Pinnacle to the Pit
8. Mary on a Cross
9. He Is
10. Rats

The Yardbirds

1. Heart Full of Soul
2. For Your Love
3. Shapes of Things
4. Over Under Sideways Down
5. I’m a Man
6. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
7. Still I’m Sad
8. I Wish You Would
9. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
10. The Train Kept a-Rollin’

Zombies

1. She’s Not There
2. Time of the Season
3. Care of Cell 44
4. Tell Her No
5. This Will Be Our Year
6. A Rose for Emily
7. The Way I Feel Inside
8. Summertime
9. I Want Her She Wants Me
10. She’s Coming Home

Herman’s Hermits

1. I’m Into Something Good
2. I’m Henry The VIII, I Am
3. There’s a Kind of Hush
4. Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter
5. No Milk Today
6. Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
7. Silhouettes
8. A Must to Avoid
9. Listen People
10. Dandy

Garbage

1. Stupid Girl
2. Only Happy When It Rains
3. #1 Crush
4. Special
5. I Think I’m Paranoid
6. Queer
7. When I Grow Up
8. Push It
9. Vow
10. Cherry Lips

Fountains of Wayne

1. Stacy’s Mom
2. Radiation Vibe
3. Sink to the Bottom
4. Denise
5. Hey Julie
6. Mexican Wine
7. Leave the Biker
8. I Want and Alien for Christmas
9. Hackensack
10. Survival Car

Graham Parker

1. Local Girls
2. Hold Back the Night
3. Wake Up (Next to You)
4. Discovering Japan
5. Temporary Beauty
6. Stupefaction
7. Don’t Ask Me Questions
8. Get Started, Start a Fire
9. Life Gets Better
10. Watch the Moon Come Down

James

1. Laid
2. Sit Down
3. Born of Frustration
4. Come Home
5. Sound
6. Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)
7. Say Something
8. She’s a Star
9. Tomorrow
10. Sometimes

The 1975

1. Love It if We Made It
2. Somebody Else
3. If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)
4. Chocolate
5. Love Me
6. It’s Not Living (If It’s Not with You)
7. The Sound
8. Sex
9. Give Yourself a Try
10. Me & You Together Song

10cc

1. I’m Not in Love
2. The Things We Do for Love
3. Dreadlock Holiday
4. Rubber Bullets
5. Good Morning Judge
6. The Wall Street Shuffle
7. Donna
8. I’m Mandy Fly Me
9. Art for Art’s Sake
10. Life Is a Minestrone

Meghan Trainor

1. All About That Bass
2. Like I’m Gonna Lose You
3. Me Too
4. Made You Look
5. Lips Are Movin’
6. No
7. Dear Future Husband
8. Better When I’m Dancin’
9. No Excuses
10. Genetics

Maroon 5

1. This Love
2. Moves Like Jagger
3. Sugar
4. She Will Be Loved
5. Makes Me Wonder
6. Girls Like You
7. Payphone
8. One More Night
9. Harder to Breathe
10. Memories

Whitney Houston

1. I Will Always Love You
2. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
3. How Will I Know
4. Saving All My Love for You
5. I Have Nothing
6. The Greatest Love of All
7. It’s Not Right But It’s Okay
8. Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
9. I’m Every Woman
10. Where Do Broken Hearts Go

MGMT

1. Kids
2. Time to Pretend
3. Electric Feel
4. Little Dark Age
5. Me & Michael
6. When You Die
7. Congratulations
8. Flash Delirium
9. Weekend Wars
10. It’s Working

Elton John

1. Your Song
2. Rocket Man
3. Candle in the Wind
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Tiny Dancer
6. Bennie and the Jets
7. Crocodile Rock
8. Philadelphia Freedom
9. I’m Still Standing
10. Daniel

Miley Cyrus

1. Flowers
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Party in the USA
4. We Can’t Stop
5. The Climb
6. Malibu
7. Midnight Sky
8. See You Again
9. Prisoner
10. Can’t Be Tamed

Aerosmith

1. Dream On
2. Walk This Way
3. I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing
4. Sweet Emotion
5. Janie’s Got a Gun
6. Livin’ on the Edge
7. Back in the Saddle
8. Love in an Elevator
9. Jaded
10. Cryin’

There's a bunch more that were not discussed or we didn't agree on them. I can post them later but I thought we can get over these first. The artists are Roy Milton & His Solid Senders, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, New York Dolls, Teddy Pendergrass, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, Justin Bieber, Morrissey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Outkast, Elvis Presley, 50 Cent, ZZ Top, Yes, The Beatles, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, The White Stripes, Shakira, NSYNC, Big Country, The Chameleons, CHVRCHES, Enya, Inspiral Carpets, Joan Armatrading, Juliana Hatfield, The Shins, Sixpence None the Richer, Slowdive, Sparks, Split Enz, Superchunk, Talk Talk, Robbie Williams.

[pauldrach]

Do you remember when those were posted? Cause any list that had lingered in the old forum for three months or something without protest can probably be sent as well.

[Fido]

Dunno, anywhere from more than a year to a month or so

[ManPerson]

Some suggested revisions
Nirvana
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Come As You Are
3. Heart-Shaped Box
4. Lithium
5. All Apologies
6. About a Girl
7. In Bloom
8. The Man Who Sold the World
9. Rape Me
10. Something In the Way

2Pac
1. California Love
2. Dear Mama
3. Changes
4. Keep Ya Head Up
5. I Get Around
6. Hit 'Em Up
7. How Do U Want It
8. Hail Mary
9. Brenda's Got a Baby
10. Ambitionz Az a Ridah

Madonna
1. Like a Virgin
2. Like a Prayer
3. Into the Groove
4. Vogue
5. Material Girl
6. Ray of Light
7. Holiday
8. Papa Don't Preach
9. Hung Up
10. La Isla Bonita

The Notorious B.I.G.
1. Juicy
2. Hypnotize
3. Big Poppa
4. Mo Money, Mo Problems
5. One More Chance
6. Who Shot Ya?
7. Suicidal Thoughts
8. Unbelievable
9. Notorious Thugs
10. Ten Crack Commandments

Dr. Dre
1. Nuthin But a 'G' Thang
2. Still D.R.E.
3. Forgot About Dre
4. The Next Episode
5. Fuck Wit Dre Day
6. Keep Their Heads Ringin'
7. Let Me Ride
8. Deep Cover
9. Xxplosive
10. I Need a Doctor

Pet Shop Boys
1. West End Girls
2. It's a Sin
3. Always On My Mind
4. What Have I Done to Deserve This
5. Go West
6. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
7. Being Boring
8. Domino Dancing
9. Rent
10. Suburbia

Pink Floyd
1. Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Comfortably Numb
4. Money
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
6. Time
7. See Emily Play
8. The Great Gig In the Sky
9. Us and Them
10. Astronomy Domine

Pitbull
1. Timber
2. Give Me Everything
3. Time of Our Lives
4. Feel This Moment
5. International Love
6. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
7. Hotel Room Service
8. Rain Over Me
9. Fireball
10. Hey Baby (Drop It to to the Floor)

Pearl Jam
1. Jeremy
2. Alive
3. Black
4. Even Flow
5. Daughter
6. Better Man
7. Last Kiss
8. Yellow Ledbetter
9. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
10. Given to Fly

Red Hot Chili Peppers
1. Under the Bridge
2. Californication
3. Scar Tissue
4. Give It Away
5. Otherside
6. Can't Stop
7. By the Way
8. Dani California
9. Soul To Squeeze
10. Snow (Hey Oh)

R.E.M.
1. Losing My Religion
2. Everybody Hurts
3. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
4. The One I Love
5. Radio Free Europe
6. Man On the Moon
7. Shiny Happy People
8. Drive
9. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
10. Imitation of Life

Green Day
1. Basket Case
2. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
3. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
4. American Idiot
5. When I Come Around
6. Wake Me Up When September Ends
7. Longview
8. Holiday
9. Brain Stew
10. Welcome to Paradise

TLC
1. No Scrubs
2. Waterfalls
3. Creep
4. Unpretty
5. Red Light Special
6. Baby-Baby-Baby
7. What About Your Friends
8. Diggin' On You
9. Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
10. Girl Talk

New Lists
Calvin Harris
1. This Is What You Came For
2. One Kiss
3. Slide
4. Summer
5. How Deep Is Your Love
6. Feels
7. Outside
8. Feel So Close
9. Sweet Nothing
10. Blame

The Chainsmokers
1. Closer
2. Something Just Like This
3. Don't Let Me Down
4. Roses
5. Paris
6. #SELFIE
7. This Feeling
8. All We Know
9. Call You Mine
10. Who Do You Love

Avicii
1. Wake Me Up
2. Levels
3. Hey Brother
4. The Nights
5. Waiting for Love
6. SOS
7. Without You
8. Lonely Together
9. I Could Be the One
10. Heaven

[Zach]

New Lists
Calvin Harris
1. This Is What You Came For
2. One Kiss
3. Slide
4. Summer
5. How Deep Is Your Love
6. Feels
7. Outside
8. Feel So Close
9. Sweet Nothing
10. Blame

The Chainsmokers
1. Closer
2. Something Just Like This
3. Don't Let Me Down
4. Roses
5. Paris
6. #SELFIE
7. This Feeling
8. All We Know
9. Call You Mine
10. Who Do You Love

Avicii
1. Wake Me Up
2. Levels
3. Hey Brother
4. The Nights
5. Waiting for Love
6. SOS
7. Without You
8. Lonely Together
9. I Could Be the One
10. Heaven

Funny, I was just looking at these three artists for the electronic list. Calvin Harris's popularity is insane.